NYPD 1st Trimester Study Guide
NYPD 1st Trimester Study Guide What is the NYPD organization? ANSWER: It is a paramilitary institution that is organized by rank and status. When was the NYPD established? ANSWER: May of 1845. What is the major strategy of the NYPD? ANSWER: Prevention. What were the food riots? ANSWER: During the early 19th century the rapid growth of the City combined with the lack of a decent road or rail system made it impossible to get food to all of the population. In protest, the poor rioted. Who developed the system that our police were modeled after? ANSWER: Sir Robert Peel When were the Draft Riots? ANSWER: 1863 Who convened the Lexow Committee? ANSWER: State Senator Clarence Lexow What was the Lexow Committee? ANSWER: Held public hearings and showed the extent to which the Department had been corrupted by its connections to crooked politicians and racketeers. How was the impact of corrupt politicians reduced? ANSWER: Civil Service System Why was the result of the Civil Service System? ANSWER: It guaranteed that the jobs of police officers could not be given and taken away by corrupt politicians. A merit system was created to govern promotions; the Police Academy was established, and officers began to receive real training for their jobs. What commission was established in 1912? ANSWER: The Curran commission. What was the result of the Curran Commission? ANSWER: It exposed ties between police and racketeers, resulting in criminal indictments against eight Inspectors. Who was the NYPD's first black officer and when were they hired? ANSWER: Samuel Battle. 1914 When were the first radio patrol cars introduced? ANSWER: 1917 What was the significance of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919? ANSWER: It made illegal the sale, manufacture, or transportation of alcoholic beverages anywhere in the United States. Prohibition had what significant impact? ANSWER: It created an enormous illegal market for liquor, led to the development of the speakeasy, thousands of illegal bars and clubs sold liquor throughout the City and across the country, and helped to create the modern version of organized crime. Revealed that officers in the Plainclothes Division were involved in widespread corruption involving payoffs from gamblers and showed that extended corruption also existed among uniformed officers. ANSWER: Knapp Commission The first African American Police Commissioner. ANSWER: Benjamin Ward, 1983 Under William Bratton, this system of holding commanders accountable for responding to crimes in their areas of responsibility was created. ANSWER: COMPSTAT Police ANSWER: (1) The governmental department charged with the regulation and control of the affairs of the community. (2) Regulation and control of the affairs of the community, especially with respect to maintenance of order, law, health, morals and public welfare Science ANSWER: Prohibition led to what issues for the NYPD? ANSWER: It created an enormous illegal market for liquor, led to the development of the speakeasy, thousands of illegal bars and clubs sold liquor throughout the City
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nypd 1st trimester study guide